The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-19

he saw five persons who had reach
ed the roof of the kitchen. The fire
had closed in around them They
were too dazed To help themselves and
could not be persuaded to initiate
Mr.. HuInes' example and dash through
the flames. Mr.. Osborne's body was not
found, but he is missing and his room
was where he was exposed to the hottest
of the fire.
THE INJURED.
The injured are:
At the Emergency Hospital:
EDWARD WHEELER, 256 Liberty street,
Newburg. burned about the feet and
hands;
WM. j. MACKEY. Niagara Falls. feet,
back and arms burned;
PERRY DAVIS, New York. hands and
feet injured:
III. b. SMITH, of Syracuse, face. hands
and feet burned;
At the Sisters Hospital
MARY NOLAN, badly. perhaps mortally,
burned about the body.
MAGGIE MUBRACH, seriously burned
a;Out Idct anu ndIfiS.
NICHOLS, a man, seriously injured.
FANNY HARVEY badly burned.
At the Fitch hospital:
FRED MOORE, of Cleveland. o..
face. hands and feet burned.
WM. A. HAVEN, of Helena, Montana,
chief engineer Northern Pacific Railroad,
burned about hands. feet and face: suf-
fering from shock.
EDWIN \. FINCH, Scranton, Pa, seri-
ously but not dangerously burned about
the face. hands and feet.
HENRY h. RUMsEy. New York burns
all over the body.
G. w. DUBOIS, Syracuse, n. ", gem
eral agent of the Commercial Insurance
Company. severely burned all over the
body.
/ JACOB koHR, New York, back and one
/ leg broken, burned about the head. arms
and body: jumped from the fourth
/ floor.
MAY WrrTI.E, Buffalo. burned about
| face and arms.
At the General Hospital;
! MATTHEW SHANNON. slightly injured:
CLINTON BEpwEII.. burned shout the
/ face:
NELLIE WEIGH. face and half her
hands burned:
Mrs. KATIE PIERCE, slightly burned.
These were all servants at the hotel
The wife and daughter of Mr.. Mann,
one of the proprietors. were badly
burned, hut are in private quarters A
number of other injured persons are
also being cared for at private houses.
DIAMONDS IN THE FIRE.
MIR. Whitaker reports that large
amount of diamonds were in the hotel
last night. f.. b. Robertson. of Lambert
& Co, had a stock valued at fifty thou
sand dollars deposited in the safe.
MIR. Adler had in his room $50 900 worth
and Mr.. Smith had another consider
able stock. but the amount is not known.
| The hotel building and the st. James
Hall were insured for 800. 600, which
covers the loss to the Library Association.
Stafford * Co. loss is $.5 900, and their
insurance $4 800. Fuller & Townsend,
proprietors of the Boston Clothing Store.
estimate their loss at $50. 900. covered by
insurance. Peter Paul & Bro. lose
$50, 900; insured. The loss of Umbrieb
& Kingsley is 3D.. 200; covered by in
surance. Minor losses are estimated at
$4,000.
HISTORY OF THE BUILDING.
The burned building was erected in
1856 for hotel purposes, and was called
the St James Hotel. The hotel was not
success financially, and after a strug-
| Cling existence il passed, in 1854. into
the hands of the Young Mems Christian
Association. After the Association gave
up its rooms in the old building, in Oc-
| taber last. the firm of Stafford & Co.
composed of Robert Stafford, III. p.
of the property for hotel purposes for q
term of years. The new hotel was
christened The Richmond" furnished
and decorated with rare taste and ele
gance, and was opened for business on
February Goth. less than a month ago.
One of the most admired features oi
the Richmond was the rotunda, so-callel.
a rectangular open court in the middle
of the building, covered by a skye light II
was n pleasant place for guests In gather.
Galleries were ranged around the ro-
tunda on each floor. and visitors said il
! reminded them of some of the finest oi
Southern hotels which hal this feature
The main stairways and the two eleva-
tors clustered around this court.
| When the fire came it found here ths
quickest way Of spreading The largs
structure adjoining the hotel on Eagls
and Washington streets, and known a
St. James Hall, WAS occupied by Bun
nelrs Museum. The building and it,
contents were totally destroyed.
THRILLING ESCAPE.
Perhap, the most thrilling escape O,
any was that of Press Whitaker. stepson
OF proprietor Stafford. He roomed in ths
fifth story and when aroused. stepped t.
the window and looked down for a few
seconds. Then he deliberately dresse,
himself and emerging from the window
stood on the stone capping above tn.
window beneath. From this cspt,iug h,
stepped to the next one along the from
Of the building and proceeded in thi.
manner to the Hayes truck La her at tn.
other extremity of the front.